US Patent Issued to Cargill on June 16 for "Plant-based egg substitute" (Brazilian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,215, issued on June 16, was assigned to Cargill Inc. (Wayzata, Minn.).

"Plant-based egg substitute" was invented by Marilia Kubota Pires (Sorocaba, Brazil).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are egg substitutes based on plant protein. In an aspect, the egg substitute composition includes pea protein. In an aspect, the egg substitute composition is egg-free. In an aspect, the composition is free of soy protein and/or wheat protein. Functional systems for providing the appropriate texture for a plant-based egg substitute composition are also disclosed."

The patent was filed on July 14, 2021, under Application No. 18/006,51...